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Employees’ Individual Needs and their Relationship to Idiosyncratic Deals: A Latent Profile Analysis Cover

Employees’ Individual Needs and their Relationship to Idiosyncratic Deals: A Latent Profile Analysis

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|Dec 2023

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Descriptive statistics and correlations (study 1).

VARIABLEMSD1234567
1achievement4.09.58
2power3.36.74.39***
3affiliation3.15.91.05.18*
4autonomy3.79.63.31***.40***–.16*
5gender.61.52.06–.18*–.05.03
6age33.7110.60–.18*–.12–.06–.05–.08
7tenure6.349.04–.27***–.20**–.01–.17*–.05.74***
8leadership.26.44.17*.41***.09.14–.10.19*.08

[i] Note: n = 164. Gender was coded as 0 = male, 1 = female. Leadership was coded as 0 = no leadership responsibility, 1 = leadership responsibility. * p < .05. ** p < .01. *** p < .001.

Table 2

Statistical results from the latent profile analysis (study 1).

MODELLL#FPAICBICSABICAWEVLMR (P)BLRT (P)ENTROPY
1 profile–699.88781415.781440.571415.251435.04NANANA
2 profiles–674.577131375.151415.451374.301406.46.03.00.55
3 profiles–666.166181368.331424.131367.141411.68.38.06.70
4 profiles–660.542231367.091438.381365.571422.48.461.00.79
5 profiles–650.071281356.141442.941354.291423.58.26.01.76
6 profiles–645.301331356.601458.901354.421436.08.34.67.79
7 profiles–640.623381357.251475.041354.741448.77.691.00.77
8 profiles-634.261431354.521487.821351.681458.09.491.00.81
9 profiles-629.202481354.401503.201351.231470.01.401.00.83

[i] Note: LL: model log-likelihood. #fp: number of free parameters. AIC: Akaike Information Criterion. BIC: Bayesian Information Criterion. SABIC: sample-size adjusted BIC. AWE: Approximate Weight of Evidence Criterion. VLMR: Vuong-Lo-Mendell-Rubin adjusted likelihood ratio test. BLRT: bootstrapped likelihood ratio test.

Figure 1

Five-profile solution for employees’ combinations of individual needs (study 1).

Table 3

Descriptive statistics and correlations (study 2).

VARIABLEMSD123456
1achievement3.87.62
2power3.02.87.27***
3affiliation2.88.98.12**.23***
4autonomy3.68.64.23***.41***–.16***
5development i-deals2.561.10.21***.37***.14**.13**
6task i-deals2.901.11.22***.30***.10*.13**.73***
7scheduling flexibility i-deals2.771.23.13**.16***–.02.16***.49***.57***
8location flexibility i-deals2.461.25.15***.20***–.04.22***.55***.55***
9financial i-deals2.341.17.19***.24***.05.08.64***.65***
10gender.60.49.09*–.20***–.05–.11*–.16***–.12**
11age45.0810.67–.04.08–.17**.11**–.11**–.04
12tenure11.8610.43–.04.10*–.11*.14***.04.03
13leadership.29.45.15***.46***.13**.26***.27***.21***
VARIABLE789101112
7scheduling flexibility i-deals
8location flexibility i-deals.62***
9financial i-deals.55***.54***
10gender–.02–.06–.11*
11age.00.01–.03–.11**
12tenure.02.08–.04–.18***.47***
13leadership.05.12**.19**–.23***.06.12**

[i] Note: n = 553. Gender was coded as 0 = male, 1 = female. Leadership was coded as 0 = no leadership responsibility, 1 = leadership responsibility. * p < .05. ** p < .01. *** p < .001.

Table 4

Statistical results from the latent profile analysis (study 2).

MODELLL#FPAICBICSABICAWEVLMR (P)BLRT (P)ENTROPY
1 profile–2532.2285080.445114.965089.575099.71NANANA
2 profiles–2456.78134939.564995.664954.394970.87.00.00.58
3 profiles–2433.57184903.144980.824923.684946.49.20.00.62
4 profiles–2415.61234877.214976.474903.454932.61.23.00.68
5 profiles–2402.57284861.154981.984893.094928.58.26.00.66
6 profiles–2387.80334841.594984.004879.244921.07.01.00.69
7 profiles–2378.79384833.574995.564876.934925.10.58.00.71
8 profiles–2365.84434817.685003.244866.744921.25.37.00.80
9 profiles–2353.53484791.045019.754851.514918.67.53.00.81

[i] Note: LL: model log-likelihood. #fp: number of free parameters. AIC: Akaike Information Criterion. BIC: Bayesian Information Criterion. SABIC: sample-size adjusted BIC. AWE: Approximate Weight of Evidence Criterion. VLMR: Vuong-Lo-Mendell-Rubin adjusted likelihood ratio test. BLRT: bootstrapped likelihood ratio test.

Figure 2

Six-profile solution for employees’ combinations of individual needs (study 2).

Table 5

Differences in the negotiation of i-deals across profiles.

OUTCOME VARIABLEPROFILE 1
UNDRIVEN
PROFILE 2
MODERATELY DRIVEN
PROFILE 3
AFFILIATION-DRIVEN
PROFILE 4
AUTONOMY-AND ACHIEVEMENT-DRIVEN
PROFILE 5
AUTONOMY-AND POWER-DRIVEN
PROFILE 6
HIGHLY DRIVEN
Wald’s χ2PROFILE DIFFERENCES
development i-deals1.57 (.17)2.55 (.08)2.22 (.22)2.29 (.30)2.88 (.15)3.45 (.20)74.02***1 < 2***, 3*, 5***, 6***
2 < 6***
3 < 5*, 6***
4 < 6**
5 < 6*
task i-deals2.21 (.21)2.92 (.08)2.32 (.23)2.69 (.33)3.10 (.16)3.75 (.18)47.51***1 < 5***, 6***
2 < 6***
3 < 2*, 5**, 6***
4 < 6**
5 < 6*
scheduling flexibility i-deals2.17 (.24)2.86 (.10)2.03 (.24)3.12 (.34)2.92 (.17)3.12 (.22)21.43**1 < 2**, 4*, 5**, 6**
3 < 2**, 4**, 5**, 6**
location flexibility i-deals1.82 (.23)2.51 (.10)1.54 (.19)3.00 (.36)2.83 (.18)2.69 (.22)41.34***1 < 2**, 4*, 5***, 6**
3 < 4***, 5***, 6***
financial i-deals1.61 (.20)2.42 (.10)1.79 (.20)2.22 (.30)2.55 (.17)2.93 (.22)33.19***1 < 2**, 5***, 6***
2 < 6*
3 < 2**, 5**, 6***

[i] Note: Estimated M (SD) are indicated. All scales were 5-point scales. Comparisons were conducted with the BCH-procedure in Mplus 7.4. * p < .05. ** p < .01. *** p < .001.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjwop.220 | Journal eISSN: 2002-2867
Language: English
Page range: 14 - 14
Submitted on: Feb 17, 2023
Accepted on: Nov 23, 2023
Published on: Dec 27, 2023
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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